Djokovic beats Bautista Agut to reach Italian Open QFs

A feisty Novak Djokovic moved into the quarter-finals of the Internazionali d'Italia by seeing off Roberto Bautista Agut in straight sets on Thursday.

Fognini, who failed once again to make it past the third round of his home tournament, had defeated British world No 1 Andy Murray on Tuesday evening to hinder the prospects of the three-time major victor repeating a deep run in Paris where he lost to Novak Djokovic a year ago.

John Isner, of the USA, serves the ball to Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka during their match at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Thursday, May 18, 2017.

Nadal extended his current winning streak on clay to 17 matches with a 6-3 6-4 win over American Jack Sock in their quarter-final. I served well and took my chances when I had them. "I don't have an easy draw here, a tough one", Nadal said. "So will be another tough battle tomorrow".

Nadal's recent surge has seen him clinch consecutive titles in Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Madrid, and he is now three wins away from an eighth Rome crown.

"I went out there with the belief that if I played well and executed my game plan, I could walk off that court with a win. It shows me I'm on the right path", he said. "I was very happy with the performance".

The 12-time grand slam champion will face Juan Martin del Potro or Kei Nishikori in the last eight after beating the Spaniard 6-4 6-4 at the Foro Italico.

Bautista Agut could have gone 5-4 up in the second set after Djokovic appeared to send the ball long but the umpire said it was in. "I'm going out there against the No. 3 player in the world. Maybe I have a little bit less to lose than he does", Isner said.

Murray's best performance was winning the Dubai title in February, but he looks to be struggling to replicate the blistering displays that carried him to the number one spot at the end of a year ago. That's what happened today.

Isner, meeting Wawrinka for the first time in six years, will now meet Marin Cilic after the sixth seed from Croatia beat Belgian David Goffin, the ninth seed, 6-3, 6-4.

Zverev will next face fifth-seeded Canadian Milos Raonic, who defeated Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-2.

"I thought I played pretty well out there", said Isner, who is ranked 24th.

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Main countries are China, Japan and South Korea, with which Trump wants to renegotiate a free trade deal. Given the uncertainty over TPP, the China-backed deal was now the priority for Malaysia, Mustapa said.

The partnership aimed to "develop solutions" for the automotive market and "potentially other industries", it added. Of special note: "this engagement between Delphi and [the other three partners] is non-exclusive".

Manning was sentenced to 35 years in jail in 2013 after being convicted of numerous charges, including espionage. Earlier this week Manning released a statement saying that she now can imagine a future as Chelsea.

Things are then passed over to the USA attorney for the District of Columbia, who would be the one to pursue a case. Last week, the Senate subpoenaed a large number of documents regarding Flynn's interactions with Russian officials.

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The move was made Thursday before the Marlins began a four-game series against the Dodgers, and was retroactive to Wednesday. The company also has a deal with Univision to live stream almost 50 Mexican soccer matches in English this year.

Bradley Beal led the Wizards , playing their first Game 7 since 1979, with 38 points - including 24 in the second half. Tucker in the second round of the playoffs, and none of the Celtics' options are as suited to defend James as Tucker.

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